Title: High Sheriff of Lancaster
Name: Stephen de Turneham, the King's Marshal
Herald date: 1199
Gules, a lion passant Or between two Mascles Argent
From Artington, Surrey, Stephen was a very important minister, judge and soldier, being appointed Governor of Cyprus during the Crusades. At the death of Richard I he took charge of Lancaster Castle, garrisoning it in order to keep watch on the surrounding area.
